I Will Be The Crowned King

In the early morning, on the streets of Friedrichstraße, a carriage with the sign of the Ring of Order drove slowly; the crowded streets and the normal shops, cafes and clubs on both sides made it impossible to feel the war at all impact.

In order to offset the "adverse impact" that the Old Wall Street incident would have on Anson, a loyal secretary played an extraordinary efficiency and completed most of the preparatory work in just three days. The establishment of the storm group officially entered the countdown. .

Sitting in the comfortable church carriage, An Sen looked forward to the scenery outside the car window, holding a copy of the "Kingdom Loyalty News" specially brought by the secretary in his hand.

This is a newspaper specially oriented to officers, from the name to the content, showing a sense of loyalty. On the front page, a line of extremely eye-catching headlines is written in bold font:

"The gunshots in Hongyue Town, the 'New Year's War' has entered a critical turning point!"

"On the night of January 19th, 30,000 imperial troops launched a raid on Hongyue Town on the southwestern border of the kingdom. Thirteen villagers discovered the ugly behavior of this group of rats in time and fired warning shots in time, winning a precious fighter..."

"...The two sides fought fiercely all night, and Hongyue Town was destroyed in a sea of ​​fire by the sound of cannons; at 5:35 in the morning the next day; the imperial army was frightened by our king's heroic Royal Army. Countless weapons..."

"... After the prudent Brigadier General Tenid graciously gave up the pursuit after winning the victory; he told this reporter that the battle of Red Moon Town marked the reversal of the battle, and the defeatist rhetoric of 'imperial invincibility' was completely bankrupt, And prepare to build a monument to the thirteen villagers who died heroically to commemorate this crucial victory..."

Putting down the "good news" in his hand, Anson looked up at the secretary sitting opposite:

"Why are you showing me this?"

Alan Dawn did not answer his question directly, but instead stepped forward with a mysterious smile:

"Lord Anson Bach, what do you think of the battle of Red Moon Town?"

What do you think?

After thinking for a while, Anson spoke with certainty:

"I don't know why the Imperial Army mobilized 30,000 people to 'snap attack' a small Red Moon Town, but I know that the Wang Family Army might lose this battle badly."

Although the battle report is written in the same way as the second-rate war novel, if you look closely, you can still find many clues.

The name of the village warned in time, indicating that Hongyue Town already knew the existence of the enemy and was fully prepared to fight; under the premise of still occupying the absolute advantage of the defender at night, it was still able to "fight all night", keeping 30,000 enemies alive "with their heads and mice running" , and finally the "merciful" gave up the pursuit...

This shows two things: first, this was a tentative "snap attack", and the Imperial Army was not ready to occupy Hongyue Town; second, the defenders of Hongyue Town were beaten to the core and the garrison was bombed. Even though he did not dare to take the initiative to attack, he just watched the enemy leave.

"As expected of Mr. Anson Bach, he saw through the essence behind the report at a glance!"

The secretary who heard this answer immediately lit up and praised without hesitation:

"According to the information obtained within the Church of Order, Brigadier General Tenid, stationed in Red Moon Town, was only attacked by less than 5,000 imperial light infantry, and was defeated once the enemy did not have any heavy weapons, relying on street fighting and artillery. The advantage is not lost.”

"But after this battle, Brigadier General Tened's Third Army has suffered heavy losses, with more than one third of casualties, especially a large number of veterans who have served for more than three years and have lost their combat capability; in addition, according to unreliable information, the Army We are preparing to abandon Red Moon Town and withdraw our defense line to a further northerly area."

Anson nodded, feeling basically the same as his guess:

"Is this bad news?"

"No, on the contrary!" There was a strange brilliance in the little secretary's eyes:

"This is unprecedented good news for you and the Storm Corps, Lord Anson Bach!"

Um? !

An Sen, who was stunned, couldn't understand his brain circuit for a while.

"A typist friend of mine told me that the Third Army stationed in Hongyue Town was temporarily transferred to organize the core force of the 'Southwest Breakthrough'." Alan Dawn immediately added:

"For this plan, the Army has placed a large order with several military factories in the central province and purchased a lot of rifles and light artillery."

"Now that the Third Army suffered heavy losses, the offensive plan was forced to turn to defense, and the Army no longer needed so many light artillery pieces and rifles, and turned to the munitions factories to order heavy artillery pieces for defense."

"This also means that several military factories will have several more default orders at once. At this time, as long as we follow up immediately, we can immediately buy the ready-made military supplies that have been piled up in the warehouse at a lower price! "

Looking at the excited expression of the secretary, An Sen, who was faintly infected, couldn't help but ask, "What about the order?"

"The down payment has been paid, and it's only three-quarters of the market price." Alan raised his lips slightly: "But I asked them to issue an invoice at the original price—the budget saved, I saved four accounts in three banks for you. superior."

He carefully handed the four passbooks to Anson, and did not forget to add:

"...all anonymous."

"..." Anson Bach.

Looking at the series of numbers on the passbook, An Sen suddenly felt that he might have really misunderstood the little secretary.

So active and skilled to help yourself dig the corner of the church, shouldn't it be the spy that Luther Franz buried beside him?

Hmm... Not yet, I have to observe and observe again.

After about an hour, the public carriage that finally passed through the market and square arrived at the destination of the trip - Whitehall Street.

A slightly "special" neighborhood in the inner city.

It used to be the royal garden and leisure place of the royal family of Austeria at first, and the name "Whitehall" comes from the exquisite and small white villa in the garden.

Around the 80th year of the saint's calendar, due to the rapid expansion of the city and the rise of railways, this imperial garden was sold by the royal family, and after several rounds, it was transferred to the name of the railway committee, and was ready to be converted into a steam train station.

But when the official start of construction, the original "Wangdu Central East Station" was suddenly changed to the current "Central West Station", and Whitehall Street, which attracted countless people's investment, finally became the historical site of Clovis. The site of the first "major unfinished project" was completely abandoned by countless investors who took to the roof.

For many years after that, many wealthy businessmen or nobles tried to build residential areas, industrial and even commercial streets here, and the railway committee holding such an unfinished project in their hands also wanted to sell or transfer the land at a low price; Not the curse of the steam train project many years ago, all the investors who tried to contract this street for development ended up going bankrupt without exception.

This eerie sign has turned more investors away, and has turned a wide, easily accessible street into a "ghetto" of beggars and homeless people.

However, as a devout follower of the Three Old Gods who recite the Ring of Order, Anson is completely disbelieving in this "curse" - if there is a spell caster who can affect the entire block in Whitehall Street, Clovis City It has long been the world of the old gods.

Through the relationship of the Church of Order, he rented an abandoned factory in the block for only two-thirds of the normal price - the fence, the dormitory building, the public activity room, the sand, the warehouse... Even with a whole set of infrastructure, he There is no need to build a barracks, they are all ready-made.

Even in a hurry to get rid of this hot potato that could not be sold, the railway committee even leased the surrounding land as public land to him, as long as a quarter of the price, not even a deposit, just pay the water bill on time and gas bills.

After ignoring the so-called "curse", Whitehall Street is simply the ideal location for the storm.

The first and foremost is its geographical location. As the site of the former "Wangdu Central East Station", it is located in the inner city, but it is not far from the outer city consisting of slums, factories and shanty towns, and the transportation is extremely convenient. .

The open environment is also very suitable for this newly formed security army, which can effectively prevent the shameful routine of being watched by the public to train recruits - before the real combat effectiveness, the storm regiment should be as low-key as possible.

In addition, it is also half an hour away from the nearest guard station; considering the dire relationship between the two sides, this is no less important than the previous one; and with the military camp as a cover, Anson can also be open and aboveboard. Avoid the surveillance of the guards.

The transportation is convenient, the location is good, the environment is secluded, and the price is close to the people... Anson feels that the entire Clovis City should not have such a location that meets his needs.

Of course, Anson also learned from the mouth of the junior secretary that the Railway Committee was willing to hand over the land so happily. In addition to being eager to let go, the more important thing was the attitude of Archbishop Luther Franz.

In exchange for the land, the Church of Order will not stop the loan to the "Grand Cross Railway Project" of the Clovis Kingdom since the 95th year of the saint's calendar to support the normal operation of the railway committee.

At present, because of the war with the empire, many chambers of commerce in the Central Bank and the province that are engaged in import and bulk raw material trade are on the verge of bankruptcy, and even the railway committee has begun to face operational difficulties, relying only on military factories and coal orders from Beigang to maintain operations.

The "New Year's War" that began in the 99th year of the Saint Calendar, although the war is still confined to the border, has unknowingly begun to affect the entire kingdom in the past few months; it has cast an invisible shadow over the prosperous capital. .

"Dear Sir Anson Bach, may I ask two questions?"

The carriage stopped outside the gate of the factory, and the young clerk Alan Dawn suddenly spoke.

"Just ask."

Putting the passbook in the pocket of his coat, An Sen, who had just dug out the corner of the Church of Order and indirectly sent out a "national disaster wealth", was in a happy mood.

"Then the first one." Allen, who was sitting on the armchair, leaned forward and hugged the leather bag in his arms tightly:

"I can understand that because of the outbreak of the war, a large number of excellent soldiers have been taken away by the army and security companies. You have to recruit those who have not received any training, but why recruit those homeless people in welfare centers?"

"We have the budget to hire enough unemployed workers from the various unions that they and their families need the jobs and would love to join the military."

"Yes, but that also means we need to negotiate with people from the union." Anson explained:

"We have eight companies, and we need 1,000 soldiers for combat alone. Counting all the orderlies and reserve soldiers, there are about 1,500 people who don't need to fight."

"If they want to hire from trade unions, they can definitely guess that we are in urgent need of manpower and ask for sky-high prices. Even if there are only 1% of the 1,500 people, it is a lot, and this money will definitely not reach the workers. We might end up spending a fortune on a bunch of soldiers who are ungrateful and even complaining about us.”

"But there is no orphanage in the world that wants as many people as possible, plus the large number of refugees brought by the outbreak of the war, they must be eager to get rid of these burdens, and they will not give out a bunch of concessions when negotiating with us. Under the unbelievable conditions, they will even take the initiative to cooperate with us.”

"So it is!" Allen was very cooperative and suddenly realized:

"Although they are all inexperienced recruits, going through the welfare home can avoid the soldiers' complaints about being exploited when they enlist in the army; and most of the homeless people in the welfare home are single, which can save a lot of resettlement costs."

"In addition, the unemployed workers of the union still have expectations for their future life, and they will hope to receive equal or even better treatment than in the past; but there is no such problem with the homeless, they only hope to get out of the abyss of pain as soon as possible. , and a little bit of welfare can make them grateful."

"This approach is very much in line with the famous saying of His Majesty Frederick I: Grace and sweetness should be given little by little, but pain should be given as much as possible at once."

"That's right."

An Sen, who gradually became accustomed to the little secretary's praise, nodded and said that he meant it:

"What about the second question?"

"The second..." Allen's expression changed slightly, but immediately returned to normal:

"Just a curious little question~www.readwn.com~ If you don't want to say it, I mean...why did you name this security force 'Storm Corps'...is there any special meaning? "

"Oh, you said this..."

An Sen, who didn't notice the change in his expression, raised his eyebrows and chuckled casually: "This is because of a... er... very old prophecy, a prophecy that something called 'storm' is destined to become famous in the world, but A prophecy that never came true.”

"So it is." The little secretary suddenly realized again:

"So you chose this name because you have high hopes for this army, and hope that it will one day be famous in the world?"

"Famous in the world? No no no..." An Sen waved his hands again and again:

"I named this name specially because this prophecy has never been fulfilled - I hope it will bless me never to be famous in the world, and I can live peacefully in Clovis City."

"..." Alan Dawn.